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Hi guys! I haven't been on here in awhile. Taking five classes while working near full-time and a social life will do that to you.

But I come here with a story, and I'm sure you've got some similar ones. Have you ever had a life situation that seems to almost exactly mirror something from our beloved show of pones?

Yesterday, I had an interview for a job in New Jersey. Currently, I work in Manhattan at a start-up marketing firm - and I'm looking now for a similar position at a similar firm, somewhere where I can make more money and have a bigger role. I arrive in New Jersey, in a suit, to an office building...in the middle of nowhere. (or at least, nowhere compared to my current office which is about 2 minutes from Times Square.)

I walk in, and the staff is nice enough. The office seems alittle boring, but I can deal with that. I can deal with having to dress up abit, the job sounds like something I'd be good at...but I look out the window.

And there's nothing. Just trees and other...kinda small buildings. Bare fields of grass. I can sort of see a highway somewhere. Half-melted snow. I just kind of looked at it for a moment and felt this odd sort of home-sickness.

Where's Times Square and Avenue of the Americas and Broadway?

Where's the people walking around and the guy selling delicious Fafafels?

Where's the noise of the subway and the 28 Starbucks within a stone's throw?

In that moment, I never felt more homesick - for a place that wasn't even technically home! But in that moment I knew - New Jersey isn't an option anymore (the exception being Jersey City / Hoboken). I need the city environment to be happy. I drove away from the building and sat in stop and go traffic through suburbia looking at strip malls, wishing I was reading Baconreader and eating a pretzel while waiting for my train home at Penn or to board the bus at Port Authority.

I can't wait to go back to work on Friday and walk through those busy streets.

Found out my alternator was actually fine, and I was able to get a new battery for 30$! Managed an A on a quiz was I fairly sure I'd failed, and our genomics lab only lasted thirty minutes, instead of the expected three hours! You?

"Last night my bro was having a ruff patch with some friends so he called me up.

Apparently, they all lied to each other and didn't know who to trust.

I was like "Honesty, dude..."

He told me how all the confusion pissed him off and he just wanted to get back at them.

I was like "Kindness, man... that's a better answer."

He said he was better off without them, that after all they've been through, good riddance!"

I was like "Loyalty, com'on man they've always had your back."

He said he doesn't know how to fix the problems, how could they recover?

I was like "Magic, watch it happen."

He said what makes you believe all this will workout.

I was like "Friendship, good sir."

And then we had a good bit of Laughter.

And then he looked at me laughing and was like... "That... that's from that silly pony show you watch, isn't it."

Am I like. "Haha! Yeah."

Ummm... this is a true story. So I don't know what happens next. Tune in next week!

Also sorry Rare... you didn't make the story."

Also I like to hum Pinkie's Parasprite Polka when I get messed up with my buddies. None of them are bronies and none of them know where I get that tune from. They all love it and sometimes dance.

I've also used parasprites in a Dungeons and Dragons game. That was a riot. The paladin was pretty ticked when they ate his enchanted +1 towershield.

I was talking to an old friend who was going through a bad day. She was having trouble with her BF and it was up to me to cheer her up. Made her grilled cheese, listened, and finally joked around for awhile. She was like "Why did you just waste 3 hours cheering me up?" And I'm all like "Silly. I give a smile I get a smile and that's so special to me."

Finally, This song caused me to quit smoking and believe in my myself.

Recently bust my ankle and was bed-bound for a few days - two of my friends came over to play my favourite board game with me! Was just like in "Read It and Weep", (except that I didn't try to get rid of them) and that similarity made me more happy than the actual gesture itself!